If you are looking for prospect rankings from someone who just has a lot of time on their hands and wants to debate those rankings online, keep reading.

Without further adieu, here are the top 69 players ranked in the 2018 NHL entry draft.

#

Player

2017-18 Team

League

Pos

1

Rasmus Dahlin

Frolunda HC

SHL

D

2

Andrei Svechnikov

Barrie Colts

OHL

RW

3

Quinton Hughes

University of Michigan

Big-10

D

4

Oliver Wahlstrom

Team USA

USDP

C/RW

5

Evan Bouchard

London Knights

OHL

D

6

Filip Zadina

Halifax Mooseheads

QMJHL

LW

7

Adam Boqvist

Brynäs IF J20

SWE-U20

D

8

Brady Tkachuk

Boston University

HE

C/LW

9

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Assat

Liiga

C

10

Isac Lundeström

Luleå HF

SHL

C/LW

11

Noah Dobson

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL

D

12

Ty Smith

Spokane Chiefs

WHL

D

13

Vitali Kravtsov

Traktor Chelyabinsk

KHL

F

14

Joe Veleno

Drummondville Voltigeurs

QMJHL

C

15

Ryan Merkley

Guelph Storm

OHL

D

16

Ryan McLeod

Mississauga Steelheads

OHL

C

17

Calen Addison

Lethbridge Hurricanes

WHL

D

18

Grigori Denisenko

Loko Yaroslavl

MHL

LW

19

Rasmus Sandin

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

OHL

D

20

Joel Farabee

Team USA

USDP

LW

21

Bode Wilde

Team USA

USDP

D

22

Rasmus Kupari

Karpat

Liiga

C

23

Ty Dellandrea

Flint Firebirds

OHL

C

24

Jonathan Tychonick

Penticton Vees

BCHL

D

25

Dominik Bokk

Vaxjo Lakers U20

SWE-U20

LW/RW

26

Barrett Hayton

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

OHL

C

27

Alexander Alexeyev

Red Deer Rebels

WHL

D

28

Jacob Bernard-Docker

Okotoks Oilers

AJHL

D

29

K’Andre Miller

Team USA

USDP

D

30

Martin Kaut

HC Dynamo Pardubice

CZE-Extra

RW

31

Serron Noel

Oshawa Generals

OHL

RW

32

Allan McShane

Oshawa Generals

OHL

C

33

Jett Woo

Moose Jaw Warriors

WHL

D

34

Cole Fonstad

Prince Albert Raiders

WHL

C/LW

35

Jonatan Berggren

Skelleftea AIK U20

SWE-U20

C/RW

36

Blade Jenkins

Saginaw Spirit

OHL

C

37

Jack McBain

Toronto Jr. Canadiens

OJHL

C

38

Jared McIsaac

Halifax Mooseheads

QMJHL

D

39

Mattias Samuelsson

Team USA

USDP

D

40

Jesse Ylonen

Espoo United

FIN-2

RW

41

Akil Thomas

Niagara IceDogs

OHL

C

42

Nils Lundkvist

Luleå HF

SHL

D

43

Nicolas Beaudin

Drummondville Voltigeurs

QMJHL

D

44

Linus Karlsson

Karlskrona HK U20

SWE-U20

C

45

Cam Hillis

Guelph Storm

OHL

C

46

Alexander Khovanov

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL

C

47

Vladislav Kotkov

Chicoutimi Sagueneens

QMJHL

LW

48

Aidan Dudas

Owen Sound Attack

OHL

C

49

Jacob Olofsson

Timrå IK

SWE-2

C

50

Benoit-Olivier Groulx

Halifax Mooseheads

QMJHL

C

51

Jake Wise

Team USA

USDP

C

52

Nathan Dunkley

London Knights

OHL

C

53

Axel Andersson

Djurgardens IF U20

SWE-U20

D

54

Filip Hållander

Timrå IK

SWE-2

C/W

55

Bulat Shafigullin

Reaktor Nizhnekamsk

MHL

F

56

Carl Wassenius

Oreboro U20

SWE-U20

C

57

Niklas Nordgren

HIFK U20

FIN-U20

RW

58

Riley Sutter

Everett Silvertips

WHL

RW

59

Albin Eriksson

Skelleftea AIK U20

SWE-U20

LW

60

German Grachyov

Almaz Cherepovets

MHL

F

61

Liam Foudy

London Knights

OHL

C

62

Carl Berglund

Färjestad BK U20

SWE-U20

C/RW

63

Alec Regula

London Knights

OHL

D

64

Kody Clark

Ottawa 67’s

OHL

RW

65

Andrej Kukuca

HK Dukla Trencin U20

Slo-U20

C

66

Pavel Gogolev

Peterborough Petes

OHL

RW

67

Nando Eggenberger

Davos

NLA

LW/RW

68

David Gustafsson

HV71

SHL

C

69

Jan Jenik

HC Benatky nad Jizerou

CZE-2

F

A few notes on the rankings:

Yeah, I get it, you don’t agree with them because I have Filip Zadina too low and you immediately stopped reading there. Sorry. I just don’t like him as much as a lot of other people do. The same is true of Brady Tkachuk, who will be a very good NHL forward, just like Zadina.

I’m definitely guilty of magnifying the bias towards centers and defensemen, and with the exception of this season, I’d say I tend to be more skeptical of defensemen in the first round.

The draft definitely seems to have tiers and that’s a term we’re going to have to get used to being thrown around. As far as these rankings go, I’d define my tiers as:

Personally I believe that Hughes is the next best defenseman in the draft by a longshot and he sits third because of that.

I’m willing to bet that two years from now Wahlstrom will be outscoring Tkachuk and Zadina. I might be wrong on that, but I like me some USNTDP players, so deal with that.

Isac Lundestrom may not have ridiculous offensive numbers to justify him being that high, but he’s playing center in the SHL and that gets a lot of respect from me.

I honestly believe that the Leafs will draft one of the players I have ranked 14-18, and would be happy if I’m right

This year more than in the past I think I’ve come to appreciate Junior-A players. For skating ability I put Tychonick ahead of Bernard-Docker, but both are good talents, and expect more players to come out of Junior-A until the CHL decides to compensate players more fairly.

I like Martin Kaut a lot more than 30th overall, but heart problems scare me.

I wish I knew more about Jesse Ylonen so I could make a case for ranking him higher. Ditto for Albin Eriksson and Niklas Nordgren.

How Does This Affect The Leafs?

My rankings are something to look at and for me to reflect on after the draft, and for years to come. You’ve probably just looked at it and said, “Jon’s an idiot” and moved on. None of that really affects the Leafs, but over the course of doing these rankings, one thing has become clear, and it’s that the Leafs should very easily be able to walk away with at least 3 solid players in this draft.

The draft seems deep enough that every team should feel pretty good about the players they’ve picked in the top 80 or so, and given that some teams are terrible at drafting, it seems likely that the Leafs should be able to find decent options in the 4th and 5th rounds as well. That should make for a #nice weekend.